Peter Njoroge Baiya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: and parties that are formed along ethnic enclave lines, so that we compel those political parties to form alliances or to unite with others to acquire a political voice. For those reasons, we urge Members to support the mediated version of this Bill. It helps to realise and achieve the objective of the political parties we envisaged within the political parties system and also the Constitution. This objective is to ensure that we have good political parties managed along a constitutional criterion which is acceptable to many Kenyans so that people can galvanise around well- managed political parties instead of ... view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support what the Chairlady is proposing. Under the Constitution, the right to provide health care is bestowed on the State. When we impose this obligation on the health care workers, we will be shifting it to them and making their experiences unbearable. We should make the environment for health care providers bearable and seek to enforce the emergency provisions from allocation by the State or the county governments. I do not support that amendment. view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. To say that the word “partner” is foreign is not true. The concept of spouse is very restrictive. The word “partner” is broader and will cover the situation we witness in the country more frequently. In fact, there are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: many young people today who find themselves in relationships which the word “spouse” cannot fit. The process of making the law ought to be inclusive of all situations that may be captured. The word “partner is broader. It includes spouses and others. I, therefore, support. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, well, I take the opportunity to give him one minute. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to reply on behalf of the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Hon. Chepkong’a, who asked me to hold brief for him. First, I record our appreciation to the various Members of this House who have made their contribution. Most of them have spoken in support. We have also noted the concerns that they raised and I wish to clarify the following. The Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board was a special institution that was set up to vet judges and magistrates who were in office as at the date ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Among the challenges that they faced as they have informed us was that Kenyans were very reluctant to come forward and represent complaints about corruption or misbehaviour of former judges. That tended to reduce the grounds upon which they could take action against any of the judges. I have also heard issues being raised that some of the judges who were vetted were victims. This process is like any undertaking done by human beings. It cannot be said to be beyond reproach. It is safe to state that as far as the criteria of vetting was concerned, the Act which ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: They used these criteria and we are not aware of any case where a judge can say that there was any irrelevant consideration they had to bear in making a consideration. The outcome may not have been in accordance with expectations, but it cannot be anything else. The Board conducted itself professionally. There was a clear distinction between this procedure and process of the Vetting Board unlike what happened before when the country witnessed the surgery of judicial institutions. It has clearly been noted even by other countries what Kenya did with its Judiciary in terms of coming up with ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Moving forward, the institutions under the JSC should incorporate the procedure and process of vetting as a routine mechanism to deal with complaints arising against the serving judges and magistrates. In this regard, perhaps Parliament will need to consider a mechanism to amend the JSC Act to compel and make it mandatory or obligatory for the JSC to deal with every complaint that arises in a particular way and procedure. I know that kind of approach stands to be resisted by the JSC because at the end of the day, the judges and the magistrates serve Kenyans. It is Kenyans ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We cannot allow the members of the JSC, who are themselves public servants, to subject Kenyans to nothing, but the best standards in terms of what to demand from the serving judges and magistrates who are paid from public funds and are, therefore, supposed to give selfless service to the people of Kenya. view